It’s the perfect Monday night movie
We’re off to a pretty dreary start to September and the longer nights are closing in, meaning it’s the perfect time for some movies on TV this evening.
There’s some great options tonight, but our pick of the bunch is a nail biting tense thriller – Unstoppable.
The 2010 action thriller stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine as a veteran train engineer and a young conductor who team up to prevent catastrophe as an unmanned freight train laden with toxic chemicals races towards a city.
Unstoppable is the last film directed by the late Tony Scott, brother to Ridley and director of hits like Top Gun and Man on Fire.
The flick released to positive reviews, with many praising its thrilling set pieces and how it embraces a simple plot for pure entertainment purposes.
It holds an impressive 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, which shows the action thriller can live up to the best in the genre and is undoubtedly the perfect Monday night film.
If you’re looking to catch Unstoppable on TV, it airs on ITV4 at 9pm tonight.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight
Gemini Man – Film Four – 9pm
Ang Lee-directed sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith in a dual role as a retiring sniper who is targeted by a much younger clone of himself while on the run from a corrupt private military company.
Blood Father – TG4 – 9.30pm
Mel Gibson and Erin Moriarty (The Boys) star in this action thriller following an ex-con who reunites with his estranged wayward teenage daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her
Coogan’s Bluff – ITV4 – 11.05pm
Clint Eastwood stars as a veteran Arizona deputy sheriff who travels to New York City to extradite an apprehended fugitive wanted for murder.
Mean Girls – Film Four – 11.15pm
One of the funniest comedies of the noughties, which has gone beyond cult status at this point.
Rocketman – Film Four – 1.10am
Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in this excellent biopic which explores the incredible life of the legendary English musician.
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